Category: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Twin Trouble Matter (EP4995)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny Dollar is asked to protect a respected New Jersey stockbroker whose past involvement in a fraudulent securities scheme has made him the target of blackmail. When the ex-convict behind the threat demands a fortune in exchange for silence, Johnny finds himself racing to stop a deadly trap before it destroys an innocent family.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 17, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar

Also starring G. Stanley Jones, Alan Reed, and Frank Gerstle

Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone

Announcer: Dan Cubberly

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Fatal Filet Matter (EP4990)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny Dollar accepts a dinner invitation from an insurance executive friend who seems troubled by something he can’t quite bring himself to discuss. When the evening takes a tragic turn, Johnny discovers that a mysterious steak delivery and an angry claimant with a grudge may hold the key to what really happened.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 10, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar

Also starring Virginia Gregg, D. J. Thompson, Jack Edwards, Marvin Miller, Larry Dobkin, Harry Bartell, and Frank Gerstle

Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone

Announcer: Dan Cubberly

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Winsome Widow Matter (EP4985)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny Dollar heads to Los Angeles to investigate the murder of a liquor store owner who had survived multiple robbery attempts over the years. As Johnny digs deeper, suspicion begins to center on the victim’s glamorous young widow and the strange pattern behind the repeated holdup attempts at the store.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 26, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar

Also starring Lawrence Dobkin, Virginia Gregg, Bartlett Robinson, Paul Dubov, and Frank Nelson

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Cautious Celibate Matter (EP4980)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny takes a nationwide dash to escape Durango Laramie Dalheart and avoid a foced marriage.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 19, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Jeanne Tatum; John McIntire; G. Stanley Jones

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Fair Weather Friend Matter (EP4975)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny is summoned to Bum Spung, Oklahhoma by a friend of Durango Laramie’s.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12, 1959

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Virginia Gregg, Junius Matthews, G. Stanley Jones, James McCallion, Bill James

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Frisco Fire Matter (EP4970)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

On a tip from his informant, Smokey, Johnny travels to San Francisco to investigate a fire that everyone insists was an accident.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12, 1959

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Gil Stratton, Jr.; Tony Barrett; Vic Perin; Lawrence Dobkin; Alan Reed; Paul Dubov; Bartlett Robinson; Donald Mosley

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jimmy Carter Matter (EP4965)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny receives a call from a boy in New England who had previously helped solve a case. This time, the boy is reporting that he’s the only witness to a murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 29, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Richard Beals; Lawrence Dobkin

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lake Mead Matter (EP4960)

Bob Bailey
Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to Lake Mead, near Las Vegas, to investigate the disappearance of an insured man where foul play is suspected.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 22, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Bartlett Robinson; Frank Nelson; Harry Bartell; Gil Stratton, Jr.

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The S.S. Malay Trader Ship (Encore) (EP4955)

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes undercover as a seaman on a Corpus Christi-bound ship to prevent the destruction of the ship and its cargo.

Original Air Date: February 10, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Edmond O’Brien as Johnny Dollar; Barton Yarborough

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Baldero Matter (EP4950)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to California to investigate a case of modern-day pirates robbing a yacht at sea.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 15, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Eleanor Audley; Vic Perrin; Howard McNear; Lawrence Dobkin; Will Wright; Carleton G. Young; Jack Edwards

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Net of Circumstances Matter (EP4945)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny investigates a theft from a men’s clothing store that has apparently left the night watchman dead.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 8, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Vic Perrin; Harry Bartell; Barney Phillips; Bartlett Robinson; Bill James

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Blue Madonna Matter (EP4940)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny Dollar receives a telephone call from a denizen of the Parisian underworld about an insured oil painting.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 22, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; G. Stanley Jones; Forrest Lewis; Harry Bartell; Joseph Kearns; Bert Holland; Byron Kane

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Shankar Diamond Matter (EP4935)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

An eccentric elderly woman has Johnny guard her while she’s wearing a valuable necklace to a party.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 15, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Jack Edwards; Barney Phillips; Forrest
Lewis; Eric Snowden

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Henderson Matter Omnibus (EP4930s)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to a small Nevada mining town to investigate the death of an insured elderly man married to a twenty-seven-year-old woman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 28 – December 2, 1955

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Irene Tedrow; D. J. Thompson; Herb Ellis; Marvin Miller; Forrest Lewis; Bob Bruce; Russ Thorson

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Date with Death Matter (EP4930)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

A desperate criminal is gunning for Johnny after failing to kill him last week.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 8, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lucille Meredith; James McCallion; Russ Thorson; Sam Edwards; Herb Vigran

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